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Molestation charge Saurabh Malik Tribune News Service
Chandigarh, August 8 An affidavit submitted before the High Court by Assistant Inspector-General of Police (Human Rights) Iqbal Singh said a clean chit had already been given to the SSP. The affidavit, submitted in response to a petition filed by Ludhiana resident Jagjit Kaur, comes as a vindication of the SSP’s stand, as he has all along been claiming that the allegations were unsubstantiated and false. Jagjit Kaur of Ludhiana had alleged she was molested by the then SSP Sangrur. Though the allegations were against the SSP, his name was not even mentioned in the petition. In his affidavit, Iqbal Singh asserted that Jagjit Kaur initially moved the Punjab State Human Rights Commission. After going through the allegations, it disposed of the complaint on June 27, 2011, with a direction to forward the complaint’s copy to Additional Director-General of Police (Human Rights). She also approached the Punjab DGP by filing a similar complaint and an inquiry was entrusted to the Inspector-General of Police, Patiala zone. As such, the inquiry by the Human Rights Commission was also marked to the Patiala zone IGP on September 8, 2011. After a thorough inquiry into the allegations, the IGP concluded that the allegations remained unsubstantiated. He asserted that the complainant was asked to furnish evidence and witnesses to substantiate her allegations. “Since the complainant did not produce any such evidence, the inquiry officer concluded that the complainant could not prove the allegations levelled in the complaint and accordingly recommended to file the complaint,” Iqbal Singh added. The inquiry officer also took note that the petitioner had filed a similar complaint before the Sangrur District Magistrate. After he ordered a judicial inquiry, the allegations were found to be baseless and incorrect. The DGP, after examining the IGP’s inquiry report, filed the complaints, it was added. Iqbal Singh said the petitioner had filed a writ petition in the High Court earlier also, which was dismissed on September 9, 2011. Aggrieved by the order, she had filed a special leave to appeal. The Supreme Court, vide order dated January 16, dismissed the appeal. “These facts of dismissal of her petition by the SC have been hidden by the petitioner in the present petition,” he concluded. Disposing of the petition, the High Court expressed strong disapproval over concealment of facts.
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CTU route boards hard to decipher
Chandigarh, August 8 In existence for over five decades, the CTU is yet to evolve a user-friendly bus route information system to facilitate easy travel to 1.83 lakh commuters who use the public transport everyday. Commuting in and around the city in a local bus is nothing less than an unending riddle. For commuters, especially tourists, figuring out the route plan of the local bus service often turns into a nightmarish experience. They end up asking fellow passengers about the buses or have to make desperate enquiries at the ticket counter. “There is confusion between a bus running on the grid system and those running from point to point. For many destinations, two buses have to be changed, but there are no route plans to guide the commuters. Though the bus numbers are mentioned at every place, the route and the time it will reach its destination are not mentioned,” said Rohan Sharma, a frequent user of the public transport. The CTU has a fleet of 236 buses on local routes that daily cover 47,000 kilometres and ferry 1.83 lakh passengers. However, it has failed to display boards to give basic information about the bus routes to passengers. By the time a passenger is able to figure out what is running on the ticker of the display panel of buses, the bus is ready to leave. Secretary Transport Anil Kumar said: “We are planning to come out with user-friendly information on routes of CTU buses.” Notwithstanding the official tours by senior UT officials to study the public transport system of other cities, the hard-to-decipher small size green boards carrying information about the bus routes can be seen haphazardly fixed on walls of kiosks used by the CTU staff to sell tickets.
Admitting that the bus route system was a grey area, CTU officials said unscrupulous elements often damage and tear display boards and time- table charts at bus stands and bus queue shelters. “We are now trying to put up bus route display boards at a height so that unscrupulous elements cannot damage them,” said CTU Director TPS Phoolka. At the Sector 43 ISBT, passengers have to struggle through a sea of information pasted on kiosks. “The display boards should be simple and user-friendly,” said Hamir Singh, a resident of Sector 49, who was seen struggling with a faded route map at the bus queue shelter in Sector 32. He wanted to reach the Sector 17 bus stand but had no clue about the bus number that would take him there. Similarly, the route plan of buses from the Chandigarh railway station needs to be made more user-friendly. The situation is no different at the Sector 17 ISBT. The display platforms having information about busus have faded and are not readable. A route plan painted on a wall of an underpass is outdated and gives incomplete information. “We do have timetables. But with changes in routes, the display boards have to be again prepared. Now, we are planning to put up LED screens for giving route plans,” said a CTU official.
High-end technologies that failed
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Raids at PU hostels, police nabs 71 outsiders
Chandigarh, August 8 The raids were conducted keeping in mind the upcoming student elections. The raids began around 4.30 am and continued till 7 am. Around 150 policemen reached the PU campus and the hostel wardens were also asked to report. Gurmukh Singh, SHO, Sector 11 police station, said 71 outsiders were nabbed who were released after verification. “All outsiders were either staying without making entry in hostel visitor’s registers or didn’t had the permission to stay from the hostel warden,” the SHO said. Officials said a majority of the outsiders were not students of the PU. “The raids were conducted simultaneously in all the hostels so that the students don’t get time to inform others staying in different hostels,” said the police. All rooms were checked. However, no weapons were recovered from the hostels. Dean Students Welfare (DSW) AS Ahluwalia said: “The hostel wardens have identified the rooms from where outsiders were nabbed. The students residing in the rooms will be fined. A minimum of Rs 1,000 will be imposed on the students and the fine will increase if more then one outsider is found in the room,” the DSW said. The university officials have also sought explanation from students who were not present in the rooms at the time of
the raid.
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HUDA authorities turn to astrologers for auction
Panchkula, August 8 On the auction day on August 3, the HUDA authorities had received a big jolt and had packed up before time when only three out of 36 commercial sites were auctioned. It is the second time when the HUDA authorities have failed to achieve success in the auction of commercial sites. So much so even HUDA estate officer, Ashwini Sharma had admitted that they held the auction in a hurry. Only 27 bidders had come to attend the auction. Three booths of Sector 15, Panchkula, were auctioned at a cost of Rs 1.31 crore, Rs 1.24 crore and Rs 1.21 crore, respectively. Sources in the HUDA office said a meeting of the officials concerned was held in this regard and it was decided to fix an ‘auspicious’ date which may prove good for HUDA.
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Doctors gift her ability to walk
Chandigarh, August 8 It’s a dream come true for 16-year-old Simran that she can now walk freely and be as independent as everyone around her. A team of doctors in the city have gifted her ability to walk. In a first in the region, a team of three orthopaedic surgeons led by Dr Manuj Wadhwa successfully performed a total knee transplant surgery on Simran, who had been suffering from rheumatoid arthritis since childhood. “The muscles of her knee were week since she was born and the pain persisted. Rheumatoid arthritis started two years ago and she became bedridden. Finding herself unable to move around for nearly two years, she had lost all hope. She would ask me the cure for her ailment, but I had no answer,” said Simran’s father Harjinder Singh, who works as a technician with the Chandigarh Transport Undertaking (CTU). Doctors said the ailment under most circumstances was found be genetic. Simran’s mother had undergone a hip replacement surgery performed by the same doctor in 2010. “Since her mother could not lift her and take her to the washroom, she had to depend on her father. She had been under tremendous agony as her father had to accompany to the washroom. This was one of biggest cause of self pity,” said Dr Wadhwa, head of the department of orthopaedics at Fortis Hospital, Mohali.
The doctors made the use of oxinium-coated artificial knee joint for the implant. In 2008, a similar surgery was performed on a 37-year-old woman. The surgery this time turned out to be highly challenging, said the doctors as the patient was below 20 years of age. “We had to keep in mind the longevity of the artificial knee joint. The oxinium joint has a life of more than 30 years while the ones used in previous surgeries with plastic plates could last only till 10 years,” Dr Wadhwa said. The total cost of the surgery turned out to be Rs 4.3 lakh. The oxinium joint costs Rs 1.2 lakh. The surgery was performed two weeks ago.
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Auction today Tribune News Service
Chandigarh, August 8 This time there are 10 applicants for 0001 and the bidding could see the number again attracting a high bid. Similarly, the numbers, 0009, 0010 and 9999, have attracted ten applications each. In the auction for 0001 in the CH 01 AM series, former Haryana DGP SPS Rathore had made a bid of Rs 9.05 lakh to get the number for his swanky Mercedes car. Sources in the Registration and Licensing Authority (RLA) said other numbers that had attracted more than one applicant were 0002, 0003, 0004, 0005, 0006, 0007, 0011 and some unique combinations. The advance payment for booking these numbers is between Rs 5,000 and Rs 25,000, depending on the specific number. High security
registration plates to be re-introduced soon
Already laging behind Punjab and Haryana in the introduction of high security registration plates (HSRP), the Chandigarh Administration is all set to introduce the same in the coming days. The plates would be affixed on around nine lakh vehicles registered with the Chandigarh Registration and Licensing Authority (RLA). As around 40,000 new vehicles are registered every year with the RLA, the process of affixing the plates would be done in phases. The HSRP is expected to cost less than Rs 200.
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Fiza’s relatives quizzed
Mohali, August 8 Talking to the Chandigarh Tribune, Mohali SSP GS Bhullar confirmed that the forensics team got nothing significant from the spot. The police claimed that it found some jewellery items, mostly artificial, from her house but there was no cash there. The police also called Fiza’s relatives and other acquaintances, including her uncle Satpal and Ajit Singh Hooda, for quizzing under Section 174 of the CrPC here today. Fiza was with Hooda from 5.30 pm to 7.30 pm on August 1 and had made her last call to him at around 10 pm that day. Hooda said Fiza had rung him up to discuss the issue of changing her advocate. Swarndeep Singh, SP (City), said they had also checked the video clippings of the restaurant which Fiza and Hooda had visited. Bhullar said they were investigating all the angles in the case. The police would also quiz the private security staff the services of whom Fiza had hired.
She didn’t have much money of late
While certain acquaintances of Fiza claimed that she used to boast of having a huge wealth, the police has a different view on the issue. A senior police official, on the condition of anonymity, said it seemed she didn’t have much money of late. “We have found a little money in her two accounts, a loan account and a savings account, in the SBI branch at Sector 23. The police did not find any cash from her house and most of the items in her jewellery are artificial,” said the official. The house no. 216 (worth about Rs 1 crore), in which she had been living, has been registered in her name.
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She had threat to life: Lawyer
Mohali, August 8 Talking to Chandigarh Tribune, Ranjan Lakhanpal, claimed that he had got a call from Fiza on July 28 in which she told him that she had a threat to her life from a leader from Haryana. “She called me up and sought my help in the case,” claimed Lakhanpal. He also added that Fiza had also visited his office for the same purpose a few days before making the call. “I had advised her to file a petition in the court in this regard,” said Lakhanpal. On being contacted, Mohali SSP GS Bhullar said the police was not aware of the development. “Nobody has approached us so far in this regard and we have no such information. Whenever we get such information, we would definitely probe the matter,” said
Bhullar.
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Muslims flare up over her cremation
Panchkula, August 8 Accordingly, the Muslim community has demanded a probe into the her cremation. A letter has been written to the Mulsim minority community, New Delhi, and Mahila Aayog. It has been signed by around 60 members of the Muslim community, Panchkula and Mani Majra, demanding a probe and legal action into the matter. “What was the rush to cremate her? Fiza was a Muslim and observing fast in Ramzan. It seems to be fishy on the part of the family members. When they knew that she was a Muslim, they should have performed the rites as per the Muslim customs,” said Babban Zaidi , a friend of Fiza. Zaidi, a resident of Sector 2 in Panchkula, and his friend Nasir Ahmed had gone to attend her cremation in
Chandigarh
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MC adopts double standard
Aarti Kapur Tribune News Service
Chandigarh, August 8 Two multiplexes coming up in the city, Piccadilly at Sector 34 and TDI Mall at Sector 17, have earlier been facing problems in getting the NOC due to certain shortcomings in building designs, major one being the non-existence of a 6 metre-wide thorough passage around the buildings for an easy movement of fire vehicles in case of a fire. That shortcomings were pointed out by the MC officials during several inspections of both the buildings. However, the MC fire department recently issued the NOC to the Piccadilly multiplex while the case of TDI Mall has been pending with the UT Home Secretary for the past two months. Chief Fire Officer Rajiv Gupta said the NOC for fire safety has been issued to the Piccadilly multiplex on the basis of the report of a committee comprising station fire officers (SFO). According to the fire safety norms, the hydraulic platform-cum-run table ladder should enter and move around the premises of a major building. One of the SFOs said during an inspection of the Piccadily multiplex, the ladder was moved in front of the building rather than moving it around the entire premises. Only the fire tender was moved around the building. According to the last notice issued to the Piccadilly management by the fire department, the width of the aisle on the rear of the multiplex is very less. Records of the fire department revealed that a fortnight ago, during an inspection of the Piccadilly multiplex, the fire tender of the department got stuck in a manhole and the fire team had to call a crane to pull it out. After making five visits to the multiplex, a fire committee comprising station fire officers submitted its report to the chief fire officer. The report says all the objections have been removed by the management and the fire safety NOC should be issued to the building. The case of the TDI mall, which faced similar objections, has been lying pending for the past more than a year. According to the fire safety report on TDI Mall, former MC chief fire officer Lalit Siwach had raised an objection that there was no provision of 6-metre thorough passage around the building for an easy movement of fire vehicles weighing up to 45 tonne in case of a fire.
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Sumit may be hired as consultant
Chandigarh, August 8 The UT Administration has made up its mind to hire her as a consultant for completing the Master Plan and for preserving the city’s heritage. Sumit
Kaur, whose terms in Chandigarh ends on September 30, is at present on deputation from Punjab and is going to retire on October 30. Sources revealed that the UT Administration would first extend her deputation period for one month till her retirement and then would hire her as a
consultant. Sumit Kaur, who had come to the UT on deputation from Punjab on October 1, 2008, for a period of one year has got three consecutive extensions from the UT Administration. She is working on the preservation of the city’s heritage architecture and the Master Plan. But both the issues have been hanging fire for the past three years. The UT Architect Department has failed to complete the Master Plan of the city and recently had sought six-month extension from the Punjab and Haryana High Court to complete it. The UT Administration has taken six extensions for the plan since December 23, 2009, when the HC had first directed it to finalise the plan within 12 months. Defending the move to hire Sumit Kaur as a consultant, a senior official of the UT Administration said she had good knowledge of issues like heritage and minute details of the Master Plan. Though the UT Administration has already given her three extensions, the official added, it doesn’t want to change the official in the last stages of the master plan
finalisation. Meanwhile, Sumit Kaur said she had no knowledge about the UT hiring her as a consultant. However, on the Master Plan issue, she said it was ready and was under peer review.
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Entrepreneurship summit
More than 120 industrialists and startup company owners will participate in the “National Entrepreneurship Summit 2012” being organised by Rayat Bahra Group of Institutes at PHD Chamber on August 11. Entrepreneurs from Delhi, Himachal, Punjab and Jammu and Kashmir will participate in the summit. The topic of the summit is “Twinning startups and industry for mutual growth.” The summit will bring all industries under one roof and will take up the problems faced by the SMEs in Punjab. The startups companies are also participating in order to provide solutions for the SMEs. Meeting held
The Chandigarh Beopar Mandal (CBM) hold its office-bearers’ meeting at a hotel in Sector 22 on Wednesday. It was attended by more than 40 office-bearers of this apex body of traders in the city. In the meeting, it was decided that CBM will launch agitation if Estate Office arbitrarily raises the charges for compounding, FAR, conversion etc for commercial building. The CBM resents delay in rolling back of irrational penalty and in notifying other need-based changes in building by laws.
Friendship Day
Students of Aanchal International School, Chandigarh, celebrated Friendship Day in a very unique way. The day was highlighted by carrying out a plantation drive in the school wherein the students not only planted samplings but also tied friendship bands to the trees to harp upon the growing importance of protecting our environment. The teachers took special care to educate the students on how to save our Mother Nature.
76 donate blood
To commemorate the second anniversary of Aircel Punjab, the company in association with the blood transfusion department, PGI, Chandigarh, on Tuesday organised a blood donation camp. A total of 76 units of blood were collected during the camp. Gurmeet Makkar from Aircel and Dr Usha Rao from the blood transfusion department presented mementos to donors and urged them to keep their spirit of blood donation alive.
Clarification
It is clarified that the elections of the Residents Welfare Association, Sector 50, were held at the community centre of Sargodha Cooperative House Building Society Limited. But, it was inadvertently mentioned that the elections of the Sargodha Cooperative Society were held.
Certificate course
On the third day of certificate course in hepato pancreato biliary surgery, various topics were discussed, including liver tumors, resection and liver transplantation, minimal invasive approach to liver lesions and various disorders of pancreas. The faculty of general surgery and faculty from other departments of the premier institute also shared their experiences. The course, being conducted by Department of General Surgery, PGIMER, is organised under the Indian chapter of IHPBA.
Contract signed
Centum Learning, a training and development multinational organisation, has signed a contract with a public sector undertaking, Punjab National Bank (PNB), to provide training to 30,000 employees across the country. Sanjeev Duggal, CEO and director, Centum Learning Limited, said, “Centum Learning has been selected for a countrywide contract in the area of customer service for PNB, which involves providing an effective training solution for 25,000 to 30,000 frontline employees working in various customer service branches in the bank. Besides helping staff communicate better with customers, it will also enhance team bonding between officers, clerical staff and sub-staff. The programme will equip the workforce with the necessary soft skills to serve the customers in a better way.”
Inaugural ceremony
The Chandigarh Group of Colleges, Jhanjeri, organised the inaugural ceremony for new batches of
engineering and management courses on Tuesday. The students were welcomed by chairman of CGC
Landra, Gharuan and Jhanjeri, Satnam Singh Sandhu, and president Rashpal Singh Dhaliwal.
Teej celebrated
The tiny tots of Spring Valley Public School, Phase-XI, Mohali, celebrated the Teej in the school premises. The girls came to school in typical Punjabi Dress and enjoyed swings and danced on the tunes of Punjabi music. The tiny tots were told about the importance of the festival by the school principal. The school president Inderjit Kaur Buttar along with the staff also participated in the celebration. The students were served kheer and malpuras, which are traditional dishes of Punjab.
World Senior Citizen Day
Shemrock Senior Secondary School celebrated World Senior Citizens Day. The students went to an old age home. The students of class VIII and IX spent their day at the old age home and interacted with the elderly there. The students also tried to understand the problems faced by the senior citizens.
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Meeting of inquiry committee tomorrow
Tribune News Service
Chandigarh, August 8 The parents of the deceased, Amit Sarkar and Kanika, have also been invited to join the inquiry proceedings. The family of the deceased had alleged that not only the surgery of their daughter had been postponed time and again, dressing on her wound was also not changed even once, which led the gas gangrene due to which her leg was amputated and ultimately she died on July 24. Earlier report of a four-member fact-finding committee constituted by the PGI came under severe criticism from the aggrieved family and media when it failed to fix the responsibility of Anupama’s death. The committee had submitted its report on July 28 even as no statement of the parents was recorded. Following this, PGI director, Prof YK Chawla, handed over the inquiry to a new panel with external members led by Dr SS Gill, Vice-Chancellor of Baba Farid University of Health Sciences, Faridkot. Other members of the panel are Prof MC Mishra, chief of Advanced Trauma Centre, AIIMS, New Delhi; Dr Rajiv Vadehra, medical superintendent of GMSH-16; Prof YK Batra from the department of anaesthesia; and Dr Vipin Kaushal, assistant professor, hospital administration.
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Reshuffle: UT Admn waits for PCS officials
Chandigarh, August 8 The UT Administration today relieved the HCS couple, Yogesh Kumar, Joint Registrar, Cooperative Societies, and his wife Varsha Khangwal, posted as Director, Social Welfare Department. UT cadre officer Rodney L Ralte, who recently joined the UT Administration, was given the charge of CEO of the CHB while HCS Rajesh Jogpal, who was holding the post of CEO in the CHB, was given the charge of Director Social Welfare Department. Rajesh Jogpal will also look after the charges of the posts of Managing Director of the SC, BC and Minorities Financial and Development Corporation and MD, Child and Women Development Corporation. The temporary charge of Chief General Manger (CGM), CITCO, earlier held by Varsha Khangwal, has been given to HCS Tilak Raj, who is already holding the charge of Director, Hospitality Department, and Land Acquisition officer. The charge of Joint Registrar, Cooperative Societies, has temporarily been given to Balbir Singh, PCS, Secretary, State Transport Authority (STA), with immediate effect, in addition to his own duties.
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PGI infrastructure ailing, authorities apathetic
Chandigarh, August 8 The PGI caters to more than 2,500 patients every day. One of its oldest buildings, which has more than 1,200 patients, is in a shambles and has been crying for repair. The outer walls of the Nehru Hospital building, which is more than 50 years old, have developed wide cracks. So much so, the cracks are visible even from a distance of more than 50 metres. The cracks have also developed at both the research blocks (A and B) with the steel bars visible on the walls, making the building unsafe. Sources said the main cause for the lackadaisical approach of the hospital authorities was the fact that post of Superintending Hospital Engineer (SHE) is mostly allocated to an officer who comes on deputation from other states. While a new SHE joins in every three years, the post has been lying vacant for the past two weeks. The temporary charge of the post has been given to Dr KLN Rao, Professor, Paediatrics Surgery. Public Relations Officer (PRO), PGI, Manju
Wadwalkar, said, “We are in the process of taking up the renovation of both these buildings. Our engineers have already considered the need for renovation of the old buildings at the Institute.” Besides, steel bars have been left extending out at the entry of the School of Public Heath building, which houses the entire engineering wing of the PGI, including the offices of the executive engineer and the SHE. The bars have been left sticking out in view of the construction of a porch. However, the porch has not been built for the past five years. The institute has been spending between Rs 5 lakh and 10 lakh on the maintenance of each of its buildings yearly since their establishment in 1964.
Central grant worth Rs 200 crore not utilised
The Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare had sanctioned Rs 200 crore for the renovation of the Research Block (Rs 150 Crore) and the Nehru Hospital building (Rs 50 Crore) last year in September. However, renovation work has
not even been initiated till date.
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Sales of steel depot go south
Tribune News Service
Chandigarh, August 8 Recently, the issue of non-recovery of pending dues from traders, who had been given iron and steel from the depot, had been pointed in the audit of CITCO. It was pointed that CITCO had failed to recover a credit of Rs 11 crore extended to various departments of Punjab, Haryana and Chandigarh Administration. It had also been pointed that a major chunk of the outstanding dues of Rs 9.54 crore pertains to the credit extended by various units run by CITCO, other than outstanding credit extended by its three hotels, Parkview, Mountview and Shivalikview. The outstanding dues from various debtors increased from Rs 9.88 crore in 2009-2010 to Rs 11.14 crore in 2010-2011. Of the total outstanding amount of Rs 11.14 crore, Rs 55 lakh has been pending for more than three years. The outstanding dues under CITCO head office was Rs 954.57 lakh. Under the head office, CITCO runs sale depot of steel, petrol pumps, canteens and cafeteria in the city.
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PGI’s research day on Aug 11
Chandigarh, August 8 This will be the first time when all the researchers in the institute will present their work under one roof. The event will provide an opportunity for the faculty members and researchers of various departments to familiarise themselves with the ongoing research works within the institute. The event will be inaugurated by Ashwini Kumar, the Minister of State for Science and Technology. From now on the event will be held every year in the second weekend of August. While over 200 research posters will be on display at Zakir Hall, the participants will get a chance to discuss the various research works with the researchers. The institute has invited eminent researchers in the field of clinical medicine and basic biology such as Prof VI Mathan, noted gastroenterologist and former director-principal of the Christian Medical College, Vellore, Professor SK Sarin, Director of the Institute of Liver and Biliary Science, Dr Rajiv Sarin, Director of the Advanced Center for Treatment, Research and Education in Cancer (a part of Tata Memorial Center), Mumbai and Dr Girish Sahni, Director of the Institute of Microbial Technology, Chandigarh. In addition, faculty members and scientists from biomedical research institutions in the tricity have been invited to participate.
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Major Shankla remembered
Panchkula, August 8 A contingent from the 18 Dogra, to which Maj Shankla belonged, reversed arms as a mark of respect. A large number of military and civilian officers, ex-servicemen and their families attended the ceremony and paid tributes to Maj
Shankla. On this day in 1991, during a counter-terrorist operation in Jammu and Kashmir, Maj Sandeep Shankla made his supreme sacrifice while leading a daring operation against terrorists, which resulted in elimination of nine terrorists and apprehension of 22 others. For his action, he was awarded the highest peace time gallantry award, the Ashoka
Chakra, posthumously.
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Three Kingfisher flights cancelled
Chandigarh, August 8 Sources said all the passengers were informed about the strike in the morning, sparing them inconvenience. The sources said it was not sure whether the Kingfisher flights would take off from Chandigarh on Thursday.
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Third counselling for Class XI from Aug 13
Chandigarh, August 8 The candidates who had applied for admission during first and second round of counselling but did not take admission or were not allotted any seat can also apply. While students can submit the forms online, they can also submit the forms manually at Government Model Sector 10, Sector 19, Sector 21, Sector 40, Sector 46, and at Mani Majra. Fresh prospectus and other forms are also available in these
centres. As per the information, the list indicating the allotment of schools and streams will be displayed on August 24 at around 11 am at Education Department’s website. The fees will be accepted in schools where the candidate has been allotted a seat on August 25 to 26. There were over 11,000 seats in Class XI across 37 senior secondary schools when the counselling for the current session began in June this year. Top schools in the city, including Sector 16 Model, Sector 35 Model, remained the favourites among the students. Surprisingly, in the second session, GMSSS, Mani Majra complex remained favourite among the students. Its cut-off rates in commerce, stenography and computer application were more than what was in first counselling. The second counselling also saw vocational courses topping the chart among other streams, said education department officials. Deputy DEO Vinaya Sood said, “It is very difficult to predict the streams which will be the favourite in the third counselling. But the cut-off rates of these streams will not go down. As per our estimate, there are about 2,000 seats but the exact data is not with us. We are still in the process of gathering information on the availability of seats.” She said while they hope to fill all the seats, some reserved seats may remain vacant. These seats, if not filled in the third counselling, will be de-reserved for general category later on.
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PU: Zero tolerance to
defacement
Chandigarh, August 8 The Dean Student Welfare (DSW) on Monday slapped a fine on the presidents of Students’ Organisation of Panjab University (SOPU), Panjab University Students’ Union (PUSU) and National Students Union of India (NSUI). The decision was taken by the DSW on recommendation of Chief Security Officer (CSO) PK Dhawan, who has video-graphed the posters being pasted on walls leading to defacement. Dhawan said notice boards have been provided to all the students’ organisations with the names of their parties written on these for pasting the posters. However, the students’ organisations still stick posters on the notice boards of other parties. Following that they have been
penalised. “We have removed the posters that were pasted on boards provided to other students’ organisations. Warnings have been issued to them as this can also lead to disputes among the student leaders,” Dhawan said. PU officials said several warnings and counselling sessions failed to change their actions, following which the authorities imposed a fine of Rs 1,000 each on the presidents of these organisations. Recently the students were also warned to be prepared to face police action for defacement. DSW, AS Ahluwalia said the fine would be increased if the students’ organisations fail to abide by the rules. “We have also directed the students’ bodies to print the name of the printer on the posters so that the university authorities can keep an account of the amount of posters being printed by the bodies,” said
DSW.
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PU students’ election likely on September 7
Chandigarh, August 8 Every year elections are held on Friday falling in the first-week of September. The rationale behind conducting elections on a Friday is that with the weekend around, the majority of students return home once the elections are over and the authorities can maintain peace on the campus. Official sources said
PU, in a meeting held by the Vice-Chancellor on Monday, have finalised September 7 as the date of election which was communicated to DSP (Central) Ashish
Kapoor, who also attended the meeting. The election campaign on campus has already begun, although the poll fever in the colleges is yet to set in. Series of protests by the students’ organisation and group meetings of parties have already begun. Officials said the election date is usually announced a week before the elections giving students a week’s time to start campaigning and to file nominations. The Lyngdoh Committee’s code of conduct will also come into force once the polls are announced. Last year, the elections across the city were held on September 2. Dean Student Welfare
(DSW) AS Ahluwalia said the university has already written to the Chandigarh Administration that would finalise the date after the recommendation of the Chandigarh police. “We have given the tentative date for holding the elections to the Administration and it is expected that the elections will be held on weekend only,” DSW added.
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Contenders make last ditch efforts to woo voters
Tribune News Service
Chandigarh, August 8 The members of both the teachers’ front were busy visiting various departments and residence of the teachers till late in the evening. Mohammed Khalid, presidential candidate from Manjit-Akshay group, said the last day was tiring for the entire team. “We concentrated mainly on the South campus for our campaigning. We met the teachers residing on the South campus,” Khalid said. He also contacted the teachers telephonically. Ravi K Mahajan, another presidential candidate, said he met the teachers on campus and urged them to vote him during the PUTA elections. Mahajan shared his distinct approach with the teachers and briefed them about the agenda and priorities of his team. Many candidates contesting elections for PUTA executive sent emails to the faculty members urging them for their support. Campaigning through SMSes continued even after the door-to-door campaign was over. Elections for the post of president, vice-president, secretary, joint-secretary, treasurer will be held separately for the executive group I to III.
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Students protest outside VC’s residence
Chandigarh, August 8 The SOPU chief Brinder Dhillon alleged that the police manhandled SOPU members outside girls’ hostel no 4, following which the students raised anti-authority and anti-police slogans. DSW AS Ahluwalia and Gurmukh Singh SHO 11 reached the spot to pacify the students. The student later on called off the protest. A meeting between DSW and students will take place on Thursday.
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Expenditure not to exceed Rs 5,000
Chandigarh, August 8 As per the recommendations, per candidate expenditure should not exceed Rs 5,000 and the students are barred from pasting posters or distributing printed pamphlets in the city. Moreover, students with criminal records are not allowed to contest in the elections. A senior UT police official said they have sent a communiqué to ensure peaceful student elections, which have been marred by violent incidents in the past
years. — TNS
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Chandigarh, August 8
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